Paul J. Hurtado

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About

Birder in my free time, mathematical ecologist at work. Born and raised in Colorado, I was introduced to recording birds when I was living in Ithaca, NY (for graduate school) through birding friends and eventually a local workshop at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I currently live in central Ohio and record with Sony Hi-MD, model MZ-RH910, and a Sennheiser ME67 on a home made mount. I also post recordings (WAV files) on SoundCloud at http://www.soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado

After multiple visits to this location (the previous night during stormy weather, and a few hours earlier; see XC182754 and XC182755) the bird was calling from just off the road when I arrived on my third visit.

Recorded using a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910) and a Sennheiser ME67. Post processing in Audacity included noise removal, a high pass filter, amplification and cropping.

I first found the bird on 3 June after hearing it call in the evening just west of the Honda Wetlands Education Area parking lot. This recording was made on 4 June 2011 at 12:30pm. No playback was used. The recording was made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. This clip was copied from the original recording using Raven Lite. WAV available for download at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/king-rail-4-june-2011-glacier eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S8358706

Last of three recordings from 26 March 2014 between 8:05-8:20pm, from the north end of the Godown Road Park (Dog Park) on the east side of the OSU Airport area off Godown Rd, Columbus, OH. There were multiple birds present and calling/displaying, but the recordings focused on one individual "peent"calling from the ground, then flying off giving twittering areal display calls before (in this recording) returning to the same site (It lands around 0:20 then resumes "peent"ing). Shortly after this, around 1:10, a Great Horned Owl flew over, silencing all but one distant bird for at least the next 10 minutes. Habitat: Mixed brush, sparse trees and heavily impacted grassland mix.
Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910 and cleaned up using Audacity: High Pass filter (2k, 5q, 12db) and noise removal.
WAV version at https://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/american-woodcock-3-3.
eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17613891

Second of three recordings from 26 March 2014 between 8:05-8:20pm, from the north end of the Godown Road Park (Dog Park) on the east side of the OSU Airport area off Godown Rd, Columbus, OH. There were multiple birds present and calling/displaying, but the recordings focused on one individual "peent"calling from the ground, then (in this recording) flying off giving twittering areal display calls before (not in this recording) returning to the same site. Habitat: Mixed brush, sparse trees and heavily impacted grassland mix.
Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910 and cleaned up using Audacity: High Pass filter (2k, 5q, 12db) and noise removal.
WAV version at https://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/american-woodcock-1-3.
eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17613891

First of three recordings from the same location on 26 March 2014 between 8:05-8:20pm, from the north end of the Godown Road Park (Dog Park) on the east side of the OSU Airport area off Godown Rd, Columbus, OH. There were multiple birds present and calling/displaying, but the recordings focused on one individual "peent"calling from the ground, then flying off giving twittering areal display calls before returning to the same site. Habitat: Mixed brush, sparse trees and heavily impacted grassland mix.
Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910 and cleaned up using Audacity: High Pass filter (2k, 5q, 12db) and noise removal.
WAV version at https://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/american-woodcock-1-3.
eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17613891

Recorded along "12 Mile Rd" (Hw 78) southwest of Beaulah, CO around 3:30am on 5 June 2014. The latter half of the recording is better than the first. The bird was heard calling from the road (no playback used -- big no-no during breeding season). The recording was cleaned up using Audacity (low pass filter, noise reduction).

A presumed HY/juvenile bird, first heard on 8/14/2012 and recorded here to confirm the ID. Initially IDed as Barn Owl, based on this type of call heard and recorded from a distance. This day, the bird was first heard calling from a nearby Cottonwood Tree, then seen and heard on the ground before flying off towards more trees to the west. Recorded using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Edited with Audacity (high pass filter and noise removal). A WAV version with only the low pass filter applied can be found at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/great-horned-owl-15aug2012

After stopping to record a Grasshopper Sparrow, a pair of calling Common Nighthawks passed high overhead. Recorded using a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910) and a Sennheiser ME67. Post processing in Audacity included noise removal, amplification and cropping. eBird checklist with photos of the bird: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18707224

Recorded around 9:09pm on 17 May 2014 near the Eulett Center, Edge of Appalachia Preserve (Adams Co. Ohio). Response to my having played a Chuck-wills-widow recording from the Sibley app on my phone. Recorded using a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910, with a Sennheiser ME67 microphone. Edited later in Audacity (cropped out this section of the recording, high pass filter and noise reduction, and amplification). Called from nearby dense woods (mixed cedar and deciduous). Temps were on the cool side, but the weather was otherwise pleasant.

Recorded at the west end of the Magee Marsh boardwalk using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic (built-in bass roll-off filter was on) and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. WAV available for download at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/eastern-wood-pewee-25may2012 eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10851952

Recorded on 31 May 2006 (mid-morning, maybe around 9-10am) just up the road from the Mountain Park Environmental Center, Pueblo Mountain Park, Beaulah, Colorado. Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Audacity was used to crop and apply a high-pass filter to the recording. WAV at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/hammonds-flycatcher-mpec1

Same bird as XC105829. Recorded on 31 May 2006 (late-morning, 11am-1pm) Pueblo Mountain Park, Beaulah, Colorado. Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Audacity was used to crop and apply a high-pass filter to the recording. WAV available at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/cordilleran-flycatcher-mpec-2of2

Same bird as XC105830. Recorded on 31 May 2006 (late-morning, 11am-1pm) Pueblo Mountain Park, Beaulah, Colorado. Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Audacity was used to crop and apply a high-pass filter to the recording. WAV available at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/cordilleran-flycatcher-mpec-1of2

One of two singing individuals recorded along the Heritage Trail Metro Park south of Hayden Run Rd., west of Columbus, OH on 2 June 2012. Presumably two males at two different nests. Bird #2 (this recording) was seen visiting a nest located about 3 feet above ground on the side of a wide paved trail in a small shrub (species unknown; shrub is maybe 5' tall, 3' wide?). I didn't notice the nest until after I began recording; the initial scolds are presumably because of my close proximity (15-20 feet) to the nest. Very windy and busy location while I was there. Many passing cyclists and walkers/runners. WAV Download at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/individual-2-seen-visiting-a eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10899230 Recording of another bird in the same area: http://www.xeno-canto.org/103569

One of two singing individuals recorded along the Heritage Trail Metro Park south of Hayden Run Rd., west of Columbus, OH on 2 June 2012. Presumably two males at two different nests. Bird #1 (this recording) was only seen and heard briefly. No attempt was made to locate a nest, but there were two bushes that were likely candidates. WAV download at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/individual-1-nesting-status eBird Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10899230 Recording of another bird in the same area: http://www.xeno-canto.org/103570

Recorded as it sang in the lower canopy of a tall Sycamore along Battelle Darby Creek. Recorded using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Post processing with Audacity (high pass filter, noise removal and some low end notch filtering). eBird Checklist: S18547062

Heard singing along the trail high up the gulch just before the trail crosses the creek and climbs the open, south facing, hillside. Recorded on a Galaxy S4 smartphone (Android) and edited later using Audacity (high pass filter, click removal, a light amount of noise removal).

Documentation of this (and other WAVIs in the area) being Easterns. Recorded using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Post processing in Audacity (high pass filter). eBird Checklist: S18705005

One of three individuals heard singing on 12 July 2012 around 815pm at the north end of the Battelle Darby Metro Park west of Columbus, OH. Recorded using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Edited with Audacity to remove some background noise with a high pass filter. WAV available at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/sedge-wren-12july2012 eBird Checklist of other species observed in the area: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11144412

Recorded on 31 May 2006 (late-morning, maybe 9-10:30am) just up the road from the Mountain Park Environmental Center, Pueblo Mountain Park, Beaulah, Colorado. Recording made using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Audacity was used to crop and apply a high-pass filter to the recording. WAV available at http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/house-wren-mpec06

See XC179666 for longer recording of these birds during this session. This is putative audio of a begging fledgling (one was seen begging to and being fed by an adult prior to this recording, but the birds were not clearly visible during this recording). In the stand of 100+ conifers at the north end of the point. Birds were actively foraging. The high count observed at any one time was six individuals at least one of which was a fledgling. One pair seen coming and going to a nest cavity about 2/3 the way up into the canopy near the top of a broken tree trunk/branch (I forget) with at least one other woodpecker/nuthatch hole in it. An adult was seen feeding a begging fledgling in a nearby tree. Recorded with a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910). Audacity software was used for post-processing of recordings (signal:noise reduction via high pass filter, then amplification).

In the stand of 100+ conifers at the north end of the point. Birds were actively foraging. The high count observed at any one time was six individuals at least one of which was a fledgling. One pair seen coming and going to a nest cavity about 2/3 the way up into the canopy near the top of a broken tree trunk/branch (I forget) with at least one other woodpecker/nuthatch hole in it. An adult was seen feeding a begging fledgling in a nearby tree (see XC179671 for putative fledgling begging calls). Recorded with a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910). Audacity software was used for post-processing of recordings (signal:noise reduction via high pass filter, then amplification).

Recorded as it sang near a probable nest a few dozen yards from the bank of Battelle Darby Creek. Recorded using a Sennheiser ME67 shotgun mic and a Sony Hi-MD recorder, model MZ-RH910. Post processing with Audacity (high pass filter). eBird Checklist: S18547062

Recorded "one intersection over" (not sure which direction) from the location on the map (where XC184086 and XC184087 were recorded) using a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910) and a Sennheiser ME67. Post processing in Audacity: high pass filter removing low (<1kHz) noise.

Recorded shortly after XC184086 using a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910) and a Sennheiser ME67. Post processing in Audacity: high pass filter removing low (<800Hz) noise. See XC184088, recorded nearby, for a different song.

Recorded shortly before XC184087 using a Sony Hi-MD recorder (model MZ-RH910) and a Sennheiser ME67. Post processing in Audacity: high pass filter removing low (<900Hz) noise. See XC184088, recorded nearby, for a different song.